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Chenhao Tan
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Professor @UChicagoCS @UChicago. Directing @ChicagoHAI, also part of @UChicagoCI. Email for Postdoc/PhD opportunities. chenhaot.com
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    Chenhao Tan
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    Mar 9
    Peer review is facing a death spiral, and AI production tools are speeding it up. AI-assisted reviewing is necessary and should be open. We built OpenAIReview: open AI reviewing for everyone, for the cost of a coffee. openaireview.github.io/blog.html 🧵
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    Chenhao Tan
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    May 25, 2020
    After some wonderful years at Boulder, I am moving to @UChicagoCS @HarrisPolicy @UChicago next year! Super excited about this next chapter!
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    Chenhao Tan
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    Nov 3, 2025
    Recruiting PhDs & postdocs for: 🤖 agents "taking over" science (hypogenic.ai and 📌) 🧪 Real scientists ➡️AI (e.g., materials, chem, physics) 📜 Theory + incentives for H-AI collab & credit (e.g., formalizing tacit knowledge) new adventures for me, 🔄 if you can! 🙌
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    Chenhao Tan
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    Oct 23, 2025
    AI can accelerate scientific discovery, but only if we get the scientist–AI interaction right. The dream of “autonomous AI scientists” is tempting: machines that generate hypotheses, run experiments, and write papers. But science isn’t just an automation problem — it’s also a
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    Chenhao Tan
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    Feb 15, 2023
    Thrilled and honored to be selected as a Sloan Research Fellow this year! This would have not been possible without the support from students and collaborators @ChicagoHAI. Looking forward to further advance human-centered AI! #SloanFellow
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    Sloan Foundation
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    Feb 15, 2023
    We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Sloan Research Fellowship! These outstanding researchers are shining examples of innovation and impact—and we are thrilled to support them. Meet the winners here: sloan.org/fellowships/20… 🎉 #SloanFellow #STEM #ScienceTwitter
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    Chenhao Tan
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    Feb 28, 2020
    Exciting update! I got an @NSF_CISE CAREER award to advance our understanding of natural language explanations as a bridge between humans and AI.
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    Chenhao Tan
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    Dec 14, 2024
    Even ChatGPT knows. It is very hard to think of a positive spin for Rosalind here. A shocking display of ignorance and arrogance.
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    Jiao Sun
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    Dec 14, 2024
    Mitigating racial bias from LLMs is a lot easier than removing it from humans! Can’t believe this happened at the best AI conference @NeurIPSConf We have ethical reviews for authors, but missed it for invited speakers? 😡
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    Chenhao Tan
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    Nov 9, 2020
    Recruiting thread -- Please RT! I will be recruiting 2-3 PhD students from the University of Chicago @UChicago this year. This is my first year to recruit from @UChicagoCS, so I want to make sure that applicants go to the right link: apply-psd.uchicago.edu/apply (No GRE required).
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    Chenhao Tan
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    Sep 29, 2023
    .@mark_riedl starts with distinguishing transparency, interpretability, and explainability.
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    Chenhao Tan
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    Jun 28, 2021
    "Explanations" are an increasingly hot term in NLP/AI. Researchers build datasets of explanations and even leaderboards. I wrote a short opinion/reflection piece on this topic to connect with the psychology of how people explain: arxiv.org/abs/2106.11988 Summaries ⬇️
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    Chenhao Tan
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    Oct 28, 2022
    The first Human+AI conference is happening @UChicagoCS @DSI_UChicago !
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    Chenhao Tan
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    Jun 8, 2022
    Excited to receive a @GoogleAI Research Scholar Award this year to investigate learning from explanations! research.google/outreach/resea… Looking forward to contributing to this exciting direction!
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    Chenhao Tan
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    Mar 16, 2023
    The 2023 iteration of the human-centered machine learning course is starting next week: github.com/ChicagoHAI/hum….
    GitHub - ChicagoHAI/human-centered-machine-learning: Schedule and Syllabus for Human-Centered...
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    Chenhao Tan
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    Aug 21, 2023
    Excited about the 2023 Symposium on Human+AI @DSI_UChicago this year on September 29! We have a stellar list of speakers. Please spread the word and/or submit a poster (abstract) by Sep 8 if you are in the Chicagoland! chicagohai.github.io/news/230813-sy…
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